tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10111901318972644222018-11-18T05:05:27.615-05:00Lara's JewnealogyJewish genealogy blog, going deep into records in Eastern Europe (primarily Ukraine with a sprinkling of Belarus--old Russian and Austro-Hungarian Empires) and into America as well as studies of endogamous DNA.Lara Diamondhttps://plus.google.com/115121022151509502101noreply@blogger.comBlogger423125LarasFamilySearchhttps://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011190131897264422.post-50019084160928183742018-11-11T16:57:00.000-05:002018-11-11T16:57:47.479-05:00Rebbetzin Nechama Dina Schneerson's Parents' Marriage<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">While I typically blog about my own family, sometimes I find records that will be of interest to others, so I write about them. In June, I wrote about a Chabad link I found when going through records in Nezhin--<a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/06/an-1883-chabad-connection.html">the 1883 death record of Yisrael Noach Schneerson, son of the Tzemach Tzedek and himself the Nezhiner Rebbe</a>. And at that point, people said they wanted to see more Chabad-related records.<br><br>I&#39;ve found another Schneerson record that is quite interesting.<br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Zll-ryci094/W7qS24w48YI/AAAAAAAANbc/7LjH_OgpkGIolUnLdbshydBBzhkZ7NCSwCLcBGAs/s1600/Avraham_Yocheved_SchneersonMarriage.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="1032" height="442" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Zll-ryci094/W7qS24w48YI/AAAAAAAANbc/7LjH_OgpkGIolUnLdbshydBBzhkZ7NCSwCLcBGAs/s640/Avraham_Yocheved_SchneersonMarriage.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1876 Schneerson Marriage</td></tr></tbody></table><br></div></div><a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/11/rebbetzin-nechama-dina-schneersons.html#more">Continue Reading »</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LarasFamilySearch/~4/bb2_Orv_b2I" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lara Diamondhttps://plus.google.com/115121022151509502101noreply@blogger.com3https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/11/rebbetzin-nechama-dina-schneersons.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011190131897264422.post-2008546146012060902018-11-04T18:57:00.000-05:002018-11-04T18:57:15.979-05:00The Rosenfeld Connection - Test Everyone!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I recently received an email from a woman named Susan. Susan had asked her first cousin Francine to take a DNA test, and when Susan uploaded Francine&#39;s results to GedMatch, she noticed that Francine shared a very large segment with two kits I administer--for my cousins Berly and Paula.<br><br>Berly and Paula are first cousins to my father through their Diamond mother, and they are sisters to one another. My initial thought was that the connection was going to be through their father, and I was going to forward the email onto them. But I looked at Francine&#39;s results first. Right away, I realized that this shared DNA was via my Diamond side; both my father&#39;s first cousin Stephen (also a first cousin to Berly and Paula) as well as their second cousin once removed, Patty, all shared relatively large segments of that same chromosome.<br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_0tat9OVkPI/W8y6LGUc3nI/AAAAAAAANdc/7D5RaVowOu4yQB2pcQvAcPnin0FZIE57wCLcBGAs/s1600/FrancineGedMatch.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="459" data-original-width="1211" height="242" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_0tat9OVkPI/W8y6LGUc3nI/AAAAAAAANdc/7D5RaVowOu4yQB2pcQvAcPnin0FZIE57wCLcBGAs/s640/FrancineGedMatch.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DNA Shared by Francine &amp; My Known Relatives</td></tr></tbody></table><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br></div></div><a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-rosenfeld-connection-test-everyone.html#more">Continue Reading »</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LarasFamilySearch/~4/ASInTQa2PkY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lara Diamondhttps://plus.google.com/115121022151509502101noreply@blogger.com8https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-rosenfeld-connection-test-everyone.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011190131897264422.post-5273787525428960222018-10-28T10:46:00.000-04:002018-10-28T10:46:56.116-04:00Pittsburgh's Jewish Community & HIAS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I had a post on a genealogy success story nearly completed, and I was planning to finish it today. But in light of what happened in Pittsburgh yesterday, that post will wait.<br><br>I would not be here today if it weren&#39;t for the Pittsburgh Jewish Community (on my mother&#39;s side) and HIAS (on my father&#39;s).<br><br>My mother&#39;s parents were born in Pennsylvania. My maternal grandfather was born in and grew up in Pittsburgh; both of his parents, all four of his great grandparents, and one of his great-great grandmothers emigrated to Pittsburgh. My maternal grandmother&#39;s parents emigrated to nearby McKeesport, where my grandmother was born.<br><br>My grandfather&#39;s family was very involved with Pittsburgh&#39;s Jewish Community. My great grandfather was president of Pittsburgh&#39;s Shpikover Society, and my grandfather&#39;s whole family was very involved in Pittsburgh&#39;s Keser Torah Congregation.<br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2Aa--GwCO1w/W9W4wLfZoBI/AAAAAAAANd4/7NAeCyhQ-pE9WsG5smmOLi2qlDY5_CJFwCLcBGAs/s1600/KeserTorahSilverTolchin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1162" data-original-width="1600" height="464" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2Aa--GwCO1w/W9W4wLfZoBI/AAAAAAAANd4/7NAeCyhQ-pE9WsG5smmOLi2qlDY5_CJFwCLcBGAs/s640/KeserTorahSilverTolchin.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Keser Torah Silver Anniversary Committee (1935), Pittsburgh, PA<br>(My great grandfather is second from the left in the back row)</td></tr></tbody></table><br></div><a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/10/pittsburghs-jewish-community-hias.html#more">Continue Reading »</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LarasFamilySearch/~4/VHXX9Mg-i34" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lara Diamondhttps://plus.google.com/115121022151509502101noreply@blogger.com3https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/10/pittsburghs-jewish-community-hias.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011190131897264422.post-81641504927505693582018-10-21T13:04:00.002-04:002018-10-21T13:09:36.125-04:00My 5th Great Grandmother, Chava Lefand<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">This past summer, <a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/07/discovering-my-6th-great-grandfather.html">I found the death record for my 5th great grandfather</a>, which gave me his father&#39;s name. I&#39;ve also found the name of his wife, my 5th great grandmother.<br><br>My great-great-great-great-great grandmother was Chava Lefand. I do not know her maiden name, but her father&#39;s name was Volko/Volf.<br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BjT9Mdu-N2s/W7qb4uPf9bI/AAAAAAAANcI/A7e_ve1IfQsJLMLwtYqcFwvyx4_zhTnKACLcBGAs/s1600/ChavaLefand1882PollTaxCensusCloseup.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="1600" height="182" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BjT9Mdu-N2s/W7qb4uPf9bI/AAAAAAAANcI/A7e_ve1IfQsJLMLwtYqcFwvyx4_zhTnKACLcBGAs/s640/ChavaLefand1882PollTaxCensusCloseup.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chava Lefand, 1882 Poll Tax, Nezhin</td></tr></tbody></table><br></div><a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/10/my-5th-great-grandmother-chava-lefand.html#more">Continue Reading »</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LarasFamilySearch/~4/T11iKSzX2-Y" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lara Diamondhttps://plus.google.com/115121022151509502101noreply@blogger.com3https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/10/my-5th-great-grandmother-chava-lefand.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011190131897264422.post-54590957818487823362018-10-14T13:57:00.000-04:002018-10-14T13:57:38.715-04:00Photo Genealogy and My Great-Great Grandmother's Photo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div>After my grandmother passed away in 2015, my cousin Michael found some photos in her basement. Many were the originals for photos we had copied earlier. Some were new (to me).<br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WcYFr7aatWA/W7qVskVGJ4I/AAAAAAAANbo/wj9TIMdp9mMxB5qK65rywl5jutQaxnXLACLcBGAs/s1600/FineFamily.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="640" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WcYFr7aatWA/W7qVskVGJ4I/AAAAAAAANbo/wj9TIMdp9mMxB5qK65rywl5jutQaxnXLACLcBGAs/s640/FineFamily.JPG" width="426"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fine Family - New Photo</td></tr></tbody></table><br></div></div><a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/10/photo-genealogy-and-my-great-great.html#more">Continue Reading »</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LarasFamilySearch/~4/sFw35juZE5w" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lara Diamondhttps://plus.google.com/115121022151509502101noreply@blogger.com3https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/10/photo-genealogy-and-my-great-great.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011190131897264422.post-45086597348249560842018-10-11T19:00:00.001-04:002018-10-11T19:00:26.764-04:00RootsTech 2019--Win A 4-Day Pass to RootsTech<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I&#39;m excited to announce that I&#39;ll be back at <a href="https://www.rootstech.org/?cid=tp-rt-6528">RootsTech</a> this winter--both as a speaker and an Ambassador! I&#39;ll be giving on class on Jewish genealogy and another on endogamy. This will be my fourth year in a row attending this conference, and I cannot wait. Why <a href="https://www.rootstech.org/?cid=tp-rt-6528">RootsTech</a>? The conference gives a great overview of that <a href="https://www.rootstech.org/about?cid=tp-rt-6528">here</a> (<a href="https://www.rootstech.org/about?cid=tp-rt-6528">check it out</a>!). <br><br>As an Ambassador, I am able to give away a free 4-day RootsTech pass to a lucky reader, which has a $299 value! (If you already registered and you win, you can get a refund.)<br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3R_F13NvJPk/W7_Tfxtc9hI/AAAAAAAANc8/rE2a5R9pV8wI8a8SU4cK4bOe3CY27X2LwCLcBGAs/s1600/RT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3R_F13NvJPk/W7_Tfxtc9hI/AAAAAAAANc8/rE2a5R9pV8wI8a8SU4cK4bOe3CY27X2LwCLcBGAs/s640/RT.jpg" width="640"></a></div></div><a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/10/rootstech-2019-win-4-day-pass-to.html#more">Continue Reading »</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LarasFamilySearch/~4/A5DqwT-M3O8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lara Diamondhttps://plus.google.com/115121022151509502101noreply@blogger.com0https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/10/rootstech-2019-win-4-day-pass-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011190131897264422.post-38762745409624617002018-10-08T12:47:00.000-04:002018-10-08T12:47:32.006-04:00November/December 2018 Presentations--In CO, OH, VA, NY, CA, WA & MD<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">My November/December 2018 will be subtitled, &quot;Who Needs Weekends, Anyways&quot;?<br><br>I&#39;ll be speaking all over the country, and hopefully some of the people who read this blog will live nearby and can attend at least one of these sessions. Come by and say hi! You can see the full list of upcoming talks, scheduled into 2019 <a href="http://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/p/speaking-engagements-past-future.html">here</a>.<br><br>So here are some details.<br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zOgq_E1CrEc/W7ql_1xzZ5I/AAAAAAAANcg/-pE7_N2mcVYPf_dIi38hMSObmCcSHymWQCKgBGAs/s1600/LaraOGS2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zOgq_E1CrEc/W7ql_1xzZ5I/AAAAAAAANcg/-pE7_N2mcVYPf_dIi38hMSObmCcSHymWQCKgBGAs/s640/LaraOGS2.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me speaking a few years back at <a href="https://ogs.on.ca/">OGS</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br></div><a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/10/novemberdecember-2018-presentations-in.html#more">Continue Reading »</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LarasFamilySearch/~4/hqbyYV8ra5k" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lara Diamondhttps://plus.google.com/115121022151509502101noreply@blogger.com5https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/10/novemberdecember-2018-presentations-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011190131897264422.post-72710362968438111862018-10-07T15:31:00.000-04:002018-10-07T15:31:57.136-04:00DNA & Naming Patterns Find Another Fuchs Branch (I Think)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Back in November 2016, a new match popped up on FamilyTreeDNA. This person, IK, shared some very large segments with several of my family members. Despite the fact that everyone involved here is 100% Ashkenazic Jewish (so endogamy abounds), these large segments imply that there is an actual close relationship.<br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-62JHdOqrKbU/W3q8yzUEO5I/AAAAAAAANYE/C_DZgUequgA3sc--ujVLD-eokwuInd86ACLcBGAs/s1600/SharedDNA_K.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="636" height="640" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-62JHdOqrKbU/W3q8yzUEO5I/AAAAAAAANYE/C_DZgUequgA3sc--ujVLD-eokwuInd86ACLcBGAs/s1600/SharedDNA_K.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DNA IK shares with some of my family members (showing matching segments of 10cM and higher)</td></tr></tbody></table><br></div><a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/10/dna-naming-patterns-find-another-fuchs.html#more">Continue Reading »</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LarasFamilySearch/~4/QUaOEU3TIE0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lara Diamondhttps://plus.google.com/115121022151509502101noreply@blogger.com0https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/10/dna-naming-patterns-find-another-fuchs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011190131897264422.post-41640948627439379512018-09-22T21:57:00.000-04:002018-09-22T21:57:58.404-04:00Bringing it back to Uman<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Last December, I wrote about how <a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/12/reclaim-records-ukraine-edition.html">Alex Krakovsky was working to open up Ukraine&#39;s archives</a>. In addition to suing (and winning), he&#39;s also made a <a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%84%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%BE">page</a> to put scanned documents from the archives online. No, they&#39;re not in English. But yes, they are awesome. More are being added all the time, so keep checking to see if your family&#39;s towns are represented.<br><br>But in any case, I was looking through the list of scanned documents when I saw <a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%84%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%BE#%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%82">revision lists (censuses) from Haisyn/Gaisyn</a>. My Zubkis family was registered in Kuna, just outside Haisyn, so I went through these. First I reviewed 158 pages of the <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/1851_%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BA._%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B7%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%94%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%97%D0%B2_%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD.pdf">1851 census</a>--and there was not a Zubkis to be found. So then I started on the the 92 pages in the <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/1850_%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BA._%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B7%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%94%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%97%D0%B2_%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD.pdf">1850 census</a>--and on pages 29-31, I hit the jackpot.<br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vkLZAbTPUSQ/W2DanXF5BwI/AAAAAAAANQI/G1BVscy4CEc53URh-1hQy9WMdGlGKn_YwCLcBGAs/s1600/ZubkoCoverSheet2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1241" data-original-width="1007" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vkLZAbTPUSQ/W2DanXF5BwI/AAAAAAAANQI/G1BVscy4CEc53URh-1hQy9WMdGlGKn_YwCLcBGAs/s640/ZubkoCoverSheet2.JPG" width="518"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zubko Family 1850 Cover Sheet</td></tr></tbody></table><br></div><a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/09/bringing-it-back-to-uman.html#more">Continue Reading »</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LarasFamilySearch/~4/ol2tIsaFwaI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lara Diamondhttps://plus.google.com/115121022151509502101noreply@blogger.com3https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/09/bringing-it-back-to-uman.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011190131897264422.post-40445465500957822222018-09-16T14:58:00.000-04:002018-09-16T15:34:38.263-04:00Religious Excuse Note from Court, 1869<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">This time of year, I&#39;m having to take an awful lot of time off work for all of the holidays. In addition, sunset is getting earlier and earlier, so I need to leave earlier and earlier on Fridays as well to get home well before Shabbat starts. Generations of my family have had to ask for postponements of various events that conflict with religious observances. And here&#39;s an early example:<br><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2vccSPoJYrs/W5U68kWqP7I/AAAAAAAANZ8/t4z-vxt9MIc-AiTkdilswlVKrJEP1-vAwCLcBGAs/s1600/ItskoLefandShabbosExcuseNote.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="681" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2vccSPoJYrs/W5U68kWqP7I/AAAAAAAANZ8/t4z-vxt9MIc-AiTkdilswlVKrJEP1-vAwCLcBGAs/s640/ItskoLefandShabbosExcuseNote.jpg" width="486"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Religious Excuse Note, Nizhyn, 1869</td></tr></tbody></table><span lang="en"></span><br></div><a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/09/religious-excuse-note-from-court-1869.html#more">Continue Reading »</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LarasFamilySearch/~4/NCsa_lwcel8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lara Diamondhttps://plus.google.com/115121022151509502101noreply@blogger.com1https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/09/religious-excuse-note-from-court-1869.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011190131897264422.post-35389005493385876372018-09-06T19:59:00.000-04:002018-09-06T19:59:39.639-04:00Rosh Hashanah, 1935<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Rosh Hashanah is coming up next week. So I wanted to share a family Rosh Hashanah card with readers.<br><br>My grandmother&#39;s first cousin was Chaiky Wollich Chechman, who grew up in Sienkiewiczowka, Poland (now Senkevychivka, Ukraine). Chaiky and her husband Mendel, as well as their young daughter Devorah, were all killed in the Holocaust. But in 1935 things were still good, and they sent out cards to their friends and relatives.<br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Vx_VDITbRJ0/W4vk_E9aToI/AAAAAAAANZY/itIVkSwG3wMszo7VTwQDEQVYQ5KXTkoLgCLcBGAs/s1600/ChechmanShanaTovaCardFront.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="1600" height="306" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Vx_VDITbRJ0/W4vk_E9aToI/AAAAAAAANZY/itIVkSwG3wMszo7VTwQDEQVYQ5KXTkoLgCLcBGAs/s640/ChechmanShanaTovaCardFront.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front of the Chechman 1935 Shana Tova Card</td></tr></tbody></table><br></div><a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/09/rosh-hashanah-1935.html#more">Continue Reading »</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LarasFamilySearch/~4/J3fRtXiN5rI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lara Diamondhttps://plus.google.com/115121022151509502101noreply@blogger.com10https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/09/rosh-hashanah-1935.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011190131897264422.post-24539128975307293372018-09-02T12:58:00.000-04:002018-09-02T16:51:14.444-04:00My 11th Great Grandfather, and Kraków<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Since I was already in Warsaw, I took a high-speed train to spend a whirlwind 24 hours in Kraków. One of the first things I did after dropping off my backpack was to head to the Remah Cemetery.<br><br>My 11th great grandfather (yes, you read that right--it helps when you can connect to a rabbinic line) was buried in Kraków in 1640. Rabbi Joel Sirkis, also known as the BaCh, after his Bayis Chadash writings, served in many communities in the area, the final as a Rabbi in Kraków. He even has his own <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Sirkis">page on Wikipedia</a>.<br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-czlIMzmg_BU/W3bavJXu-2I/AAAAAAAANUs/fOOxtk82qOMgcoYCmcdx447sCtRqQQ-QQCLcBGAs/s1600/BaCH_Grave.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1075" data-original-width="1600" height="430" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-czlIMzmg_BU/W3bavJXu-2I/AAAAAAAANUs/fOOxtk82qOMgcoYCmcdx447sCtRqQQ-QQCLcBGAs/s640/BaCH_Grave.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me at the grave of Rabbi Joel Sirkis</td></tr></tbody></table><br></div><a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/09/my-17th-great-grandfather-and-krakow.html#more">Continue Reading »</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LarasFamilySearch/~4/JrKw2KVbd5I" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lara Diamondhttps://plus.google.com/115121022151509502101noreply@blogger.com12https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/09/my-17th-great-grandfather-and-krakow.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011190131897264422.post-15612453170861917792018-08-26T11:57:00.002-04:002018-08-26T11:57:32.237-04:00Diamant Discovery!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Alex Krakovsky added some more scanned Ukrainian documents to his awesome <a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%84%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%BE">Wikipedia page</a>. No, they are not in English. But yes, it&#39;s also worth learning how to at least read names in Russian. Because there is some awesome stuff here.<br><br>As a side note, recent regulations are stopping Alex from doing this incredible work. Check out some of his videos such as <a href="https://www.facebook.com/alex.krakovsky/videos/1787199684648648/">this one</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/alex.krakovsky">his Facebook page</a>--and make sure others know about what&#39;s happening. <br><br>Alex recently added two census addenda from the 1860s for Volhynia. These are additions to a main census, but there are still a lot of names. I initially went through the <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/1862-1863_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%8B._%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B7%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2_%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%85_%D1%83%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8.pdf">first file</a>, which covers 1862-1863 and didn&#39;t find any of my family surnames. So I then looked at <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/1865_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4._%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B7%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%89%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D1%83%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8.pdf">the second</a>, which covers 1862-1865. And here I found something intriguing. <br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mpNMACUxocg/W1ZAi12TGxI/AAAAAAAANNM/tISuC8ym4fEM6Sk7v9aPgdJ0LOFYMVFtQCLcBGAs/s1600/Diamond1864Volhynia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1043" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mpNMACUxocg/W1ZAi12TGxI/AAAAAAAANNM/tISuC8ym4fEM6Sk7v9aPgdJ0LOFYMVFtQCLcBGAs/s640/Diamond1864Volhynia.jpg" width="416"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Diamant, Volhynia Guberniya Revision List Addendum, 1864 (page 1)</td></tr></tbody></table><br></div><a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/08/diamant-discovery.html#more">Continue Reading »</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LarasFamilySearch/~4/uTlYKZt2viU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lara Diamondhttps://plus.google.com/115121022151509502101noreply@blogger.com4https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/08/diamant-discovery.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011190131897264422.post-53800979919950561102018-08-21T19:59:00.000-04:002018-08-21T19:59:11.845-04:00IAJGS2018 - Part 4 (JewishGen Updates)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">This is the fourth in a series of posts about <a href="http://iajgs2018.org/">IAJGS2018</a>. You can read other posts I&#39;ve made from this and other IAJGS conferences <a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/search/label/IAJGSConf">here</a>.<br><br>JewishGen held an evening event, where many exciting new developments were unveiled. Avraham Groll opened the session, presenting JewishGen&#39;s Volunteer of the Year.<br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-M6NOpTnE5-Q/W3XUl7ccK5I/AAAAAAAANUY/6SXUDUX56A4RRQf-2v7TDNrDd25-8CwjgCLcBGAs/s1600/GrollIAJGS2018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-M6NOpTnE5-Q/W3XUl7ccK5I/AAAAAAAANUY/6SXUDUX56A4RRQf-2v7TDNrDd25-8CwjgCLcBGAs/s640/GrollIAJGS2018.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Avraham Groll of JewishGen</td></tr></tbody></table><br><br></div><a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/08/iajgs2018-part-4-jewishgen-updates.html#more">Continue Reading »</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LarasFamilySearch/~4/PE-HcfK0mjQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lara Diamondhttps://plus.google.com/115121022151509502101noreply@blogger.com5https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/08/iajgs2018-part-4-jewishgen-updates.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011190131897264422.post-2086719181092953312018-08-20T18:59:00.000-04:002018-08-20T18:59:02.386-04:00IAJGS2018 - Part 3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>This is the third in a series of posts about <a href="http://iajgs2018.org/">IAJGS2018</a>. You can read other posts I&#39;ve made from this and other IAJGS conferences <a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/search/label/IAJGSConf">here</a>.<br><br>Since I woke up early (thanks, jet-lag!), I walked down the block to the <a href="http://Monument Commemorating the Evacuation of Warsaw Ghetto Fighters">Monument Commemorating the Evacuation of Warsaw Ghetto Fighters</a>. It was kind of oddly placed, since it&#39;s currently right in front of a perfume store. I then continued walking to see a remaining fragment of the ghetto wall, which is currently in the middle of a parking lot.<br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u_n1WOlllL8/W3XF1hA9-pI/AAAAAAAANTg/TChvpjVMwhwc9IxR3GJur7nqmGUbd7LmgCLcBGAs/s1600/GhettoEvacMemorial.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u_n1WOlllL8/W3XF1hA9-pI/AAAAAAAANTg/TChvpjVMwhwc9IxR3GJur7nqmGUbd7LmgCLcBGAs/s640/GhettoEvacMemorial.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monument Commemorating the Evacuation of Warsaw Ghetto Fighters</td></tr></tbody></table><br></div><a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/08/iajgs2018-part-3.html#more">Continue Reading »</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LarasFamilySearch/~4/kfDxg5v1gDE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lara Diamondhttps://plus.google.com/115121022151509502101noreply@blogger.com2https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/08/iajgs2018-part-3.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011190131897264422.post-27531576898562988202018-08-19T08:57:00.000-04:002018-08-19T08:57:26.752-04:00Spelling Doesn't Matter in Genealogy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">These days, names have a set spelling. I cringe when someone spells my name &quot;Laura.&quot; But it wasn&#39;t always that way--spellings of names used to be much more fluid and wasn&#39;t a big deal.<br><br>But often people researching a family disregard individuals with names not spelled the way in which they are accustomed. They insist that those individuals with other spellings simply could not be the right family, so they miss clues that truly are connected to their own family members.<br><br>Well, I was recently indexing an 1892 death register from the Munkacs district (then Hungary, now the area around Mukacheve, Ukraine), and it&#39;s a great example for how fluid name spellings could be. With only 7 deaths recorded on this page, 4 of the deceased (all young children) had surnames spelled differently from their father&#39;s surname.<br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pyKFokj4nZI/W18jttdVkOI/AAAAAAAANOo/Bmo2ho5Ukg4n47Vys469qI7yDK4KMhUIACLcBGAs/s1600/SpellingDoesntMatter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1251" data-original-width="1600" height="500" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pyKFokj4nZI/W18jttdVkOI/AAAAAAAANOo/Bmo2ho5Ukg4n47Vys469qI7yDK4KMhUIACLcBGAs/s640/SpellingDoesntMatter.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Page of Munkacs Area 1892 Death Records</td></tr></tbody></table><br></div><a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/08/spelling-doesnt-matter-in-genealogy.html#more">Continue Reading »</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LarasFamilySearch/~4/PQdxlQA72KQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lara Diamondhttps://plus.google.com/115121022151509502101noreply@blogger.com2https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/08/spelling-doesnt-matter-in-genealogy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011190131897264422.post-23787075293362441362018-08-16T20:25:00.000-04:002018-08-16T20:25:00.181-04:00IAJGS2018 - Part 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">This is my second post about my time at <a href="http://iajgs2018.org/">IAJGS2018</a>. You can read other posts I&#39;ve made from this and other IAJGS conferences <a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/search/label/IAJGSConf">here</a>.<br><br>Sunday evening, I went to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umschlagplatz">Umschlagplatz</a>, from which over 250,000 Jewish Warsaw residents were deported to death camps.<br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8lVnOYwh7SU/W3LV7ParVuI/AAAAAAAANSQ/In3q6uvZJLw06bqM_5cI2ABae7phgwamwCLcBGAs/s1600/Umschlagplatz.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8lVnOYwh7SU/W3LV7ParVuI/AAAAAAAANSQ/In3q6uvZJLw06bqM_5cI2ABae7phgwamwCLcBGAs/s640/Umschlagplatz.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Umschlagplatz in Warsaw</td></tr></tbody></table><br>Monday morning started early, at 8AM. I was fully armed with a large cup of coffee. The first two talks were DNA-related. First, Adam Brown spoke about the huge <a href="https://www.avotaynuonline.com/avotaynu-foundation-dna-project/">Avotaynu Project</a> he is doing, concentrating on Y-DNA.<br><br></div><a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/08/iajgs2018-part-2.html#more">Continue Reading »</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LarasFamilySearch/~4/kAZVF9-W43A" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lara Diamondhttps://plus.google.com/115121022151509502101noreply@blogger.com3https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/08/iajgs2018-part-2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011190131897264422.post-23323193918851041842018-08-14T18:58:00.000-04:002018-08-14T18:58:22.153-04:00IAJGS2018 - Part 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I&#39;m just back from <a href="http://iajgs2018.org/">IAJGS2018</a> in Warsaw! I&#39;m extremely jetlagged, but the trip was very worth it. This will be the first of several posts I plan to make about the trip. You can read other posts I&#39;ve made from this and other IAJGS conferences <a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/search/label/IAJGSConf">here</a>.<br><br>I made a few non-genealogical stops on my way to Warsaw, but I also learned about the Jewish communities in those locations--and their fascinating histories. My first stop was in Helsinki, Finland.<br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VD0HR_VsEgY/W3K_JS2wzWI/AAAAAAAANQ0/8pgdhhEjWJQe2rDVTA3NK_0j2OJ07OfywCLcBGAs/s1600/HelsinkiShul.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VD0HR_VsEgY/W3K_JS2wzWI/AAAAAAAANQ0/8pgdhhEjWJQe2rDVTA3NK_0j2OJ07OfywCLcBGAs/s640/HelsinkiShul.JPG" width="426"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Shul (Synagogue) in Helsinki</td></tr></tbody></table><br></div><a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/08/iajgs2018-part-1.html#more">Continue Reading »</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LarasFamilySearch/~4/SjLzgt4gTys" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lara Diamondhttps://plus.google.com/115121022151509502101noreply@blogger.com5https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/08/iajgs2018-part-1.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011190131897264422.post-2301698030483441372018-07-29T19:57:00.000-04:002018-07-29T19:57:52.022-04:00Sara Rivka / Shayna Basya - Solved<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Back in January, I <a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/01/who-was-my-great-great-great-great.html">wrote about how I was no longer sure that my 4th great grandmother was Shayna Basya Halpern</a>. I&#39;d found a birth record for a Yisrael Wolf Halpern whose father was given as Yitzchok son of Yisrael Halpern--my great-great-great-great grandfather.<br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Xq9Wo8lGNro/W1Slj3UmM2I/AAAAAAAANMw/0dpGn1NVUkYoHM7YiaIfpxyxxWItSrz3QCLcBGAs/s1600/YisraelWolfHalpernBirthCloseup.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="1597" height="260" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Xq9Wo8lGNro/W1Slj3UmM2I/AAAAAAAANMw/0dpGn1NVUkYoHM7YiaIfpxyxxWItSrz3QCLcBGAs/s640/YisraelWolfHalpernBirthCloseup.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birth of Yisrael Wolf Halpern, 1870</td></tr></tbody></table><br></div><a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/07/sara-rivka-shayna-basya-solved.html#more">Continue Reading »</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LarasFamilySearch/~4/B4U0QtgsK_s" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lara Diamondhttps://plus.google.com/115121022151509502101noreply@blogger.com2https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/07/sara-rivka-shayna-basya-solved.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011190131897264422.post-12098122461988911902018-07-24T17:34:00.002-04:002018-07-24T17:34:34.400-04:00Who was Devorah Tolchinsky? (aka How Blogging Helped me Find Two More Ancestors)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I&#39;ve viewed 60 years&#39; worth of Nezhin birth, marriage &amp; death records (no, I don&#39;t sleep well) in the past few weeks. I found multiple records for Tolchinskys who were registered in Lubny but living in Nezhin from around 1866. All of these people are descended from my great-great-great grandfather Shimon Tolchinsky, and I&#39;ve been able to fit them into my tree. Well, all except one.<br><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q9U8rEnS5us/W1SEMI9BJFI/AAAAAAAANLg/LHL2CLyIfwk227VgfDYAjJ3BkHW6hOn4gCLcBGAs/s1600/DevorahTolchinskyDeathFullPage.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="1400" height="444" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q9U8rEnS5us/W1SEMI9BJFI/AAAAAAAANLg/LHL2CLyIfwk227VgfDYAjJ3BkHW6hOn4gCLcBGAs/s640/DevorahTolchinskyDeathFullPage.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Devorah Tolchinsky Death - Full Page</td></tr></tbody></table><br></div><a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/07/who-was-devorah-tolchinsky-aka-how.html#more">Continue Reading »</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LarasFamilySearch/~4/K6iX8iPEfbQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lara Diamondhttps://plus.google.com/115121022151509502101noreply@blogger.com2https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/07/who-was-devorah-tolchinsky-aka-how.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011190131897264422.post-76100341205259758072018-07-22T14:57:00.000-04:002018-07-31T10:31:24.452-04:00Nezhin Metrical (Vital) Records<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I&#39;ve mentioned how I&#39;ve been going through the Nezhin Uzed records that are available for viewing on <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=75&amp;placeId=137647&amp;query=%2Bplace%3A%22Russia%2C%20Chernigov%2C%20Nezhin%22&amp;subjectsOpen=1100859-50">FamilySearch</a>. The records are surprisingly complete from the 1850s all the way until the Russian Revolution in 1918 with only a few missing years.<br><br>(Note via Dr. Bert Lazerow-- The names of the child and the father that in years missing from the records can sometimes be picked up from the indices.) <br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tG3HfyjXFDk/W1SetcnRE4I/AAAAAAAANMg/QnrdXn51SMk092AM6jkKT2p_IQJhoIu_gCLcBGAs/s1600/PeshaRivkaLefandBirthCloseup.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="1600" height="238" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tG3HfyjXFDk/W1SetcnRE4I/AAAAAAAANMg/QnrdXn51SMk092AM6jkKT2p_IQJhoIu_gCLcBGAs/s640/PeshaRivkaLefandBirthCloseup.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The kinds of records found here--this is my great-great grandmother&#39;s birth record!</td></tr></tbody></table><br>For others researching the Nezhin area, I&#39;ve gone through all of these records and notated how to jump to a specific year&#39;s records as well as how complete that record set is. Note that for some years there are duplicates of some record sets, so I list all of those (sometimes one set is more complete or in better shape than another). You&#39;ll need a free account on <a href="http://familysearch.org/">FamilySearch</a> to view the records.<br><br>If you don&#39;t have family from Nezhin, still check these out to see what Russian Empire metrical record books actually look like. You can also see if there are filmed records for your town by following <a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/06/accessing-ukrainian-and-other-records.html">these directions</a>.<br></div><a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/07/nezhin-metrical-vital-records.html#more">Continue Reading »</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LarasFamilySearch/~4/ptxByLrHuEc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lara Diamondhttps://plus.google.com/115121022151509502101noreply@blogger.com2https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/07/nezhin-metrical-vital-records.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011190131897264422.post-39128008387575858802018-07-19T18:58:00.000-04:002018-07-19T18:58:33.576-04:00Taking it Back...To My 7th Great Grandfather<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Earlier in the week, I excitedly posted that I had discovered my 5th great grandfather&#39;s death record--and that in doing so, I&#39;d discovered the name of my 6th great grandfather. Well, that was nothing.<br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G0WALQl0pCg/W1ETBWpgBBI/AAAAAAAANK0/4JOtUe7M5Yc-AVoOuA6ca26MpG7ZeisAgCLcBGAs/s1600/EfrayimLefandDeathFullPage.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="967" data-original-width="1315" height="470" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G0WALQl0pCg/W1ETBWpgBBI/AAAAAAAANK0/4JOtUe7M5Yc-AVoOuA6ca26MpG7ZeisAgCLcBGAs/s640/EfrayimLefandDeathFullPage.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1854 Nezhin Death Records</td></tr></tbody></table><br></div><a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/07/taking-it-backto-my-7th-great.html#more">Continue Reading »</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LarasFamilySearch/~4/971z7Q7V33Y" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lara Diamondhttps://plus.google.com/115121022151509502101noreply@blogger.com1https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/07/taking-it-backto-my-7th-great.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011190131897264422.post-52537267831659200362018-07-15T09:18:00.000-04:002018-07-15T09:18:56.475-04:00Discovering my 6th Great Grandfather<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Now that I can access lots of Nezhin vital records and tax poll censuses from home (see if your own town&#39;s records are covered by following the directions <a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/06/accessing-ukrainian-and-other-records.html">here</a>), I&#39;ve been slowly going through them. And there are many thousands of images.<br><br>The vital records start in the 1850s, and in the 1858 death records, I found an exciting (to me) record.<br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E40Og1bkhdw/W0s3MyOzxRI/AAAAAAAANKM/ySpNN1JreIEVHPAX92R1DhrlVKrojnNiACLcBGAs/s1600/MeirLefandDeathLarge.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="909" data-original-width="1068" height="544" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E40Og1bkhdw/W0s3MyOzxRI/AAAAAAAANKM/ySpNN1JreIEVHPAX92R1DhrlVKrojnNiACLcBGAs/s640/MeirLefandDeathLarge.JPG" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meir Lefand Death Record, 1858</td></tr></tbody></table><br></div><a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/07/discovering-my-6th-great-grandfather.html#more">Continue Reading »</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LarasFamilySearch/~4/NFHUPiWwr-A" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lara Diamondhttps://plus.google.com/115121022151509502101noreply@blogger.com2https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/07/discovering-my-6th-great-grandfather.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011190131897264422.post-26438381617642217602018-07-12T18:58:00.002-04:002018-07-12T18:59:52.370-04:00IAJGS2018 in Warsaw!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://www.iajgs2018.org/">IAJGS2018</a> is coming up in just under a month. This year it&#39;s in Warsaw, and I&#39;ll be presenting and mentoring. If you&#39;re a regular blog member who will be attending, please come by and say hi!<br><br>Here&#39;s where and when I&#39;ll be speaking: <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xm-UXSVDlfM/W0acQ_-lRGI/AAAAAAAANJw/9RxL55ft8AUeIquI0gvfrRPknSRD_spLACLcBGAs/s1600/34774711_1616845048424473_4542596783661907968_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1263" data-original-width="1600" height="504" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xm-UXSVDlfM/W0acQ_-lRGI/AAAAAAAANJw/9RxL55ft8AUeIquI0gvfrRPknSRD_spLACLcBGAs/s640/34774711_1616845048424473_4542596783661907968_o.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br></div><a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/07/iajgs2018-in-warsaw.html#more">Continue Reading »</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LarasFamilySearch/~4/kKHJAathGfw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lara Diamondhttps://plus.google.com/115121022151509502101noreply@blogger.com0https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/07/iajgs2018-in-warsaw.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011190131897264422.post-406393561862924042018-07-08T12:27:00.001-04:002018-07-08T12:27:49.556-04:00My Step Great-Great Grandmother's Arrest and Acquittal<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Newspapers can be a wonderful resource to get insight into ancestors&#39; lives, beyond the brief facts noted in census records, ship manifests and the like.<br><br>My great-great grandfather, <a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/01/ancestor-deep-dive-yechiel-suttleman1.html">Yechiel Suttleman</a>, was married three times; his third wife, Ida Himelfarb Suttleman, was the only spouse who came to America. There are lots of family stories about how the family made moonshine and had the younger kids sell it (since they&#39;d be more likely to be let off if/when caught). But the January 5, 1923 edition of Baltimore&#39;s Evening Sun mentioned how Ida herself had been arrested for possessing moonshine.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-U9maqf2Ra_s/WxPzBZjVYgI/AAAAAAAANDc/ZvpU_gaXSSgx9qIPicVcJvCToYxk__1ugCLcBGAs/s1600/IdaSuttlemanBootlegger19230105-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="400" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-U9maqf2Ra_s/WxPzBZjVYgI/AAAAAAAANDc/ZvpU_gaXSSgx9qIPicVcJvCToYxk__1ugCLcBGAs/s640/IdaSuttlemanBootlegger19230105-1.jpg" width="160"></a></div><br></div><a href="https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/07/my-step-great-great-grandmothers-arrest.html#more">Continue Reading »</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LarasFamilySearch/~4/-UpnFBDzYos" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lara Diamondhttps://plus.google.com/115121022151509502101noreply@blogger.com3https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/07/my-step-great-great-grandmothers-arrest.html